Coffee was introduced to Europe.
At that time, Mocha, the most prosperous port in the world, planted and drank coffee on a large scale. The scale of maritime trade reaching all parts of the world is amazing, and the exchanges with merchant ships around the world have brought infinite business opportunities. Coffee, which has been popular in the Arab region, has naturally become the favorite of merchants from all over the world, especially those who have tasted it. The mellow and rich taste makes them obsessed and nostalgic. Europeans at that time called coffee? Arabian wine? So the coffee trade came into being, when the merchants of the Republic of Venice first brought coffee to Europe from Constantinople, the capital of the Ottoman Empire bordering Arabia (today's Turkey), in 16 15.
The popularity of coffee in Europe has not been smooth sailing, and it has experienced many twists and turns. Up to now, there are many short stories about coffee, which sounds very meaningful.
Pope's coffee
When coffee was first introduced to Europe, some diehard Catholics criticized coffee from the perspective of their traditional religious exclusion. Pagan drinks? In many countries, coffee was once banned and even demonized. With the debate about the advantages and disadvantages of coffee, it even shocked the Vatican. After tasting a cup of coffee, Pope Clemente praised the taste and effect of coffee and immediately renamed it. The Pope said:? Although it is the devil's drink, it is delicious. Unfortunately, this drink is monopolized by pagans. ? Since then, Catholics have been officially allowed to drink coffee. Since then, coffee has entered the life of Europeans and gradually become the most popular and widely consumed beverage in Europe.
Louis XV who did it himself.
Louis XV, the king of France, can be said to be a dissolute guy. It was his incompetence and greed that led to the uneven drug control in French society, which eventually led to the French Revolution that changed the history of France and even Europe in the Louis XVI era. But Louis XV's passion for coffee is a story in the history of coffee development.
It is said that Louis XV's love for coffee has reached an almost obsessive level. He not only likes to make his own coffee, but also has a lot of research on the cultivation and varieties of coffee. He chose the best coffee trees and planted and maintained them in his garden. These coffee trees actually survived, which can be said to be fruitful, and they can harvest 6 kilograms of coffee beans every year. Louis XV carefully roasted and processed coffee beans picked from his own coffee tree for his own enjoyment, and the degree of attention was staggering.
Stubborn. the King of Sweden
When coffee was widely circulated in Europe, although the Pope instructed that coffee could be drunk, some stubborn people still found this drink unacceptable. They think that if a drink can make people excited and happy, it must be demonized or disguised as a deadly poison.
/kloc-In the second half of the 8th century, King Gustav III of Sweden was convinced that caffeine was a deadly drug. In order to find enough evidence for his point of view, he carefully designed an experiment: let a condemned man drink coffee after coffee until his death; Let another death row man drink tea after tea. Unfortunately, two doctors in charge of this experiment died first, and Gustav III himself died in the last murder in Swedish history. As for the two death row prisoners, the one who drank tea died at the age of 83, leaving the other death row prisoner to continue drinking his coffee alone until his death.
Ironically, this experiment carefully designed by Gustav III not only failed to prove the toxicity of coffee, but also proved the benefits of coffee from another aspect.
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